Crash alert: Motorcyclist killed in collision with vehicle at Austin intersection
AUSTIN, TX – A motorcyclist died after a collision with a vehicle at an intersection in Austin Tuesday morning, KVUE reports. Police and rescue crews responded to the scene at the northbound Interstate 35 service road and East Seventh Street after the incident was reported shortly before 1:45 a.m. The motorcyclist, whose identity was not
Read MoreCrash alert: 1 dead, 4 injured in collision on Loop 360 near Pennybacker Bridge
AUSTIN, TX – One person was killed and four others injured in a crash on Loop 360 in Austin early Friday morning, CBS Austin reports. The accident happened in the northbound lanes near the Pennybacker Bridge sometime before 1 a.m. Investigators said a car was rear-ended by an SUV, causing one of the vehicles to
Read MoreCrash alert: Austin police officer dies of injuries after collision with 18-wheeler
AUSTIN, TX – An Austin police officer has died of his injuries following a collision with a tractor-trailer on FM 969 last week, the Austin American-Statesman reports. This is an update to a previous story. The officer, Lewis “Andy” Traylor, was responding to an urgent call at the intersection of FM 969 and Decker Lane
Read MoreSpring 2021 Funk Law Student Scholarship Winner
Lamarr Martin of Georgia State University is our Spring 2021 winner of the Funk & Associates Law Student Scholarship. Mr. Martin, who just completed his 2L year, tells the moving story of why is plans to practice criminal defense law below. When I was seventeen years old, two officers visited my family’s house in Oakland,
Read MoreCrash alert: Crash involving tractor-trailer injures 1, snarls traffic on I-35
AUSTIN, TX – Austin police said one person was injured in a crash that caused extensive traffic delays on Interstate 35 Thursday morning. According to KVUE, a tractor-trailer was involved in the accident on I-35 north in North Austin. No details were released on the condition of the person injured. The incident shut down two
Read MoreCrash alert: Austin police officer critically injured in crash with tractor-trailer
AUSTIN, TX – An Austin police officer was rushed to the hospital early Wednesday morning after a collision with a tractor-trailer. According to KVUE, the crash happened at the intersection of FM 969 and Decker Lane at about 2 a.m. Police said the officer was responding to an urgent call in his patrol vehicle when
Read MoreCrash alert: Motorcyclist killed in collision with car on N. Lamar Boulevard in Austin
AUSTIN, TX – The Austin Police Department released its report on a fatal motorcycle accident that occurred earlier this month. Police have identified the victim as 38-year-old Michael Deon Fields. He was riding a Suzuki motorcycle in the 13000 block of N. Lamar Boulevard when the crash occurred July 16 shortly before 11 p.m. According
Read MoreCrash alert: Pedestrian hospitalized after being struck by vehicle in Austin
AUSTIN, TX – A pedestrian accident in south Austin early Sunday morning left one person critically injured, according to CBS Austin. The victim, an adult, was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of South Lamar Boulevard and West Gibson Street at about 12:15 a.m. Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the scene of the crash.
Read MoreCrash alert: Collision on State Highway 71 in Bee Cave kills 1, injures 2
BEE CAVE, TX – Authorities said a pin-in collision in Bee Cave on Friday night left one person dead and two others injured. Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted it responded to the 16700 block of West State Highway 71 after the incident occurred at about 8:20 p.m. Rescue crews reported that one adult was pronounced dead
Read MoreCrash alert: 61-year-old man fatally struck by car in Austin pedestrian accident
AUSTIN, TX – A man killed in a pedestrian accident last week has now been identified by Austin police, KXAN reports. The victim of the July 15 incident was 61-year-old Anthony Brown, police said. The crash happened in the 7600 block of East Ben White Boulevard in southeast Austin. Investigators said Brown was in the
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